Lord Hamilton of Epsom
House of Lords
ConservativeLord Hamilton of Epsom's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hamilton of Epsom. His name is Archibald Gavin Hamilton, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 751st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 59%. 8 contributions since 2025-01-23.
What they’ve raised
Lord Hamilton of Epsom has engaged extensively through eight debate speeches, with the majority focused on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where he raised concerns about diagnostic accuracy, the six-month prognosis threshold, and potential cost-saving incentives within the NHS. His recurring theme emphasises the risk of misdiagnosis leading people to pursue assisted dying who might otherwise have lived considerably longer, citing real examples of individuals given terminal diagnoses decades earlier who survived in good health. He also briefly raised broader health system impacts during discussion of the Covid-19 Inquiry, noting collateral damage to cancer and stroke patients from pandemic response measures.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Assisted dying59th of 34712.0
- Palliative & end of life care283rd of 5524.0
- Cancer495th of 6132.0
- Heart disease & stroke313th of 3862.0
- Elderly care & frailty156th of 2272.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking107th of 1322.0
What they’ve said
“…We are saying that, if people have got only six months to live, they should apply for assisted dying, but it may be that they live for years afterwards.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…that some of these diagnoses will be completely wrong and, as a result, there will be people who will apply for assisted dying who might have lived for years. This strikes me as being a disturbing element of the whole Bill. We should be seriously considering whether something should be done to address this problem.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If it can save money by making sure that people go for assisted dying, I am sure it will do that, on the basis that then it could keep other people alive. Those are the invidious choices that the National Health Service has to make.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am very concerned that, if it morphed into a euthanasia Bill, we would have a consultant in geriatrics walking through a ward saying, “I want to see those three people in those beds dead by the morning because there’s a bed-blocking issue”, and so forth.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗